SEPTEMBER 3RD TO OCTOBER 1, 2010
From My Altitude
One of the Cuban 5 Political Prisoners in U.S. Jails
Antonio Speaks About His Artistic Development
From Behind The Walls (Excerpts)
“At the beginning of 2003, as I had just completed my first year of imprisonment in this penitentiary at Florence, Colorado, I anxiously searched for something that would occupy my time, far from the climate of tension and violence that reigned in this prison.”
“Poetry had been an efficient weapon to overcome the large periods of unjust punishment in the cells called "the hole," as well as the prolonged "lockdowns" which the whole prison population here was subjected to after any violent incident. But with the constant commotion in the "normal" routine of the prison, my muse, sometimes startled, would fade away and fail to inspire me.”
“What is most important is that I have overcome imprisonment with a healthy and useful activity like plastic arts. Each work expresses not only my human essence but that of the Five, united as we are by unbreakable principles.”
“The little I have learned I share with other prisoners without reserve, and at times with great patience. "Truth needs art" as Jose Martí said, and truth reigns in our hearts, forged with love and commitment to the just cause of our heroic people: That is my motivation for each work of art!”
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 – 6:30 PM
CLEMENTE SOTO VELEZ CULTURUAL CENTER
107 SUFFOLK STREET, OFF DELANCEY STREET
F Train to Delancey Street or J/M/Z to Essex Street
EXHIBITION OPEN MONDAY – FRIDAY
4:30 PM -9:30 PM
SEPTEMBER 3RD TO OCTOBER 1, 2010
